From: BritAnders@aol.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 11:11:57 EST
Subject: My daughter...
To: balloon@balloonhq.com

Ladies and gents,

Soon I will have the pleasure of introducing my newly discovered 13 year old 
daughter to all those here at BHQ.  I am proud to say that she seems to have 
a talent and a desire to improve as a balloon artist.

She lives in Bellingham, Washington.  I flew up there earlier this month to 
meet her.  After introducing a few twists to her, in just a few minutes she 
had created a credible figure of a dragon (which is her favorite creature).  
Personally, even though I seemed to have a natural flair for balloons when I 
started, it still took me about two days before I was creating saleable 
creations of my own design -- Christine did it in less than an hour...and 
though it was a simple design, it was a good one!

Primarily, it was a bird with a long neck and no feet and a long tail, then 
she used another balloon to make the wings.  I had not shown her the 
technique of using a second balloon for wings, or for shaping the balloon.  
She "invented"them on her own.  The result was a very useful, fast dragon.

Anyway, I just wanted to be a proud daddy for a moment.  I'll let you know 
when she is part of the list.

Brit (puffed chest, and not from blowing balloons) Anders
"Brit the Balloonist"
Cincinnati, Ohio